Advanced Java: Threads

Learn what Java threads are, how to implement them in your Java program, and how to run, pause, interrupt, and make a thread wait for another thread.

Introduction

• Learning about Java threads
• What you should know

1. Java Threads and Concurrency Overview

• What is concurrency?
• Processes vs. threads
• Multitasking vs. multithreading
• The main thread
• Daemon vs. non-daemon threads

2. Creating and Starting a Thread

• Thread class and Runnable interface
• Creating a thread: Extending the Thread class
• Creating a thread: Implementing the Runnable interface
• Starting a thread
• Extend a thread or implement a Runnable?
• Challenge: Webinar polling system
• Solution: Webinar polling system

3. Methods of the Thread Class

• Pausing execution of a thread
• Interrupting a thread
• Implementing thread interruptions
• Making a thread to wait until another thread terminates
• Other useful methods of the Thread class
• Challenge: Webinar polling system
• Solution: Webinar polling system

Conclusion

• Next steps